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Bank gets lottery businessNews Story
Lottery officials Monday officially named First Tennessee to handle millions in banking services for the upstart game.The bank was the lowest bidder at $51,000 over three years. Additionally, First Tennessee also scored the highest in different categories such as geographic coverage and service considerations, say officials.Services provided under the contract will include basic banking and weekly electronic sweeps of tickets sales from retailers.Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TEL) CEO
Dec 9, 2003, 4:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Fox dismisses any impropriety in work for GTECHNews Story
A week before state lawmakers voted to give GTECH an exclusive, 20-year lottery contract, the Providence law firm with which House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox is associated was discussing its own proposed contract with GTECH.A Providence Democrat, Fox ascended to the second-most powerful political position in the House this year.On April 22, GTECH's top in-house lawyer had the first of several conversations with the principals in Ferrucci Russo PC -- where Fox works -- about a potential role f
Oct 1, 2003, 3:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Senate bill includes privatizing lotteryNews Story
Critics say gaming corp. drafted language The Ohio Senate's latest version of the state budget bill includes language to privatize the Ohio Lottery that is nearly identical to legislation drafted by a gaming company hoping to manage the $2.5 billion agency's day-to-day operations. The language, drafted by GTECH, an industry giant that once ran the Ohio Lottery's back-office operations, was added to the massive budget bill virtually unchanged and without any public hearing. The inclusion of
Jun 2, 2011, 7:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Legality of Tennessee-Georgia lottery partnership questionedNews Story
Lawsuit could delay games, lawmaker saysQuestions are being raised about the legality of the proposed marriage of the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries and whether a legal challenge by a jealous vendor could stall the start to the Tennessee lottery.State Attorney General Paul Summers was asked yesterday to examine the question of whether Tennessee and Georgia can strike a ''strategic alliance'' under terms of the law that created the lottery this spring.The request came from state Sen. David Fowle
Aug 14, 2003, 4:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas lawmaker aims to bring video gaming to stateNews Story
Includes video report Texas state senator Juan Chuy Hinojosa has filed legislation that would legalize video lottery games, a form of slot machine, in Texas. Senator Hinojosa believes Texas is facing a large deficit, and video gaming slot machines would add an extra boost to economy. We know by allowing slot machine at race tracks it will raise close to two billion dollars biennium , said Hinojosa. Along with the extra revenue, the Senator says the proposed legislation will bring jo
Mar 8, 2011, 6:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida lawmakers want to slap addiction warning notices on every lottery ticketReply
l get this funny feeling that this proposed legislation is aimed at Seniors. Read an article about the prevalence of gambling involving Seniors it's become a major problem in FL. Step into any casino, you bound to find seniors with canes, wheelchairs sitting for hours in one spot, take a gander at the lottery lines when the jackpot is high, peppered amongst those folk- Seniors. Funny how this proposed legislation was not out there when Gloria showed up gave hope to the elderly Keep playing broth
May 2, 2019, 9:11 pm - noise-gate - Lottery News

Illinois border states report increased lottery salesReply
A Republican Governor plus a Democrat legislation equals gridlock. Electing a Democrat Governor with a Republican legislation will be the same. The real problem is checks are issued to some agencies, but the lottery winners fund isn't one of them. Add that to the fact paying off lottery winners is not a priority.
Oct 27, 2015, 8:54 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery dealNews Story
Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.Also Thursday, a former federal magistrate was nominated to fill the last vacancy on the lottery commission and a legal foundation sued to have the Legislature's vote creating the lottery declared void.Charles Sanders, head of the lottery commission, said Scient
Dec 16, 2005, 6:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Disabled players sue Virginia LotteryReply
Jack,Very well put. In fact, I believe all legislation created based on the guilt of the person who created it is bad legislation.
Jul 28, 2005, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

CA Lottery spars with legislator over Mega Millions legalityNews Story
California lottery officials told a Senate committee Tuesday that they had the power to join the multistate Mega Millions lotto game even though the authorization wasn't spelled out in the 1984 initiative that set up the lottery.The Legislature's attorneys disagreed, and a key lawmaker said he would introduce legislation that would allow California to participate in Mega Millions but require the other 11 states to pay the bulk of administrative costs.Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, said the legisla
Jun 22, 2005, 7:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News